WOC of the past

With all the talk about the World Champs of the future, I thought it'd be interesting to reflect on the WOC of the past.

I started orienteering in 1980.  The first World Orienteering Champs after I began orienteering was in 1981 in Switzerland.

The first thing that you might notice about WOC in the past is that WOC was only held every other year.

The winners of the individual races were two